Monday, 21 July 2014

Joining a gym or doing an exercise was a complete NO-NO for me.. big time! The only time I had exercise in my life was in school.. Yess.. during the P.T period and Aerobics for the Sports Day :P . And I hated it (the exercise part.. obviously!!)

I know, it’s always good to work out.. it keeps you fit.. keeps your mind fresh and body healthy.. positivity.. etc etc. But thinking of going to the gym one day.. that was a distant dream for me. I always said to myself, gym I will join once I deliver a baby.. not before that.. abhi I don’t need.. m good.. and fit.. and that’s not what I think.. that’s what everyone says around.. about me :P!!

Few of my very dear friends use to gym regularly.. No folks.. that didn’t motivate me.. they were really serious to lose weight.. few of them hardly had any.. while a few were ok kinds. Then a very close friend of mine started gyming.. she is literally lean.. underweight kinds (yeah.. that’s true).. she has a typical model figure.. no fat at all in the body.. and imagine.. she eats like a pig..!!! There was a time when she use to eat 5 days straight bahar ka khana..and still all maintained..! All I can say is, these people are really blessed..! Otherwise, if i think to eat that much bahar ka khana..God knows where will my body go!

Coming back to the point, so when she started gyming and gave me this news, like typical stereotypes, my reaction was the same.. why do u need gym..? You wanna vanish or something? You’re already so lean.. where will you go now after workout?! Obviously, I know the answers.. to stay fit.. to have mental peace.. to stay stress free.. and stuff like that. It intrigued me though, but I wasn’t fully convinced then for myself.

My husband had got enrolled himself at various gyms like a zillion times (before we met) and everytime he made the payment, he was sure he would be regular. But, God knows how regular he’d been this entire time. His routine was to go for the first 3 days in the entire 6 month plan and then chuck gym.. then join some other gym.. make promises to yourself of being regular and then we all know what would have happened. That’s why my MIL , was totally against the idea of gym.. especially if it’s about him joining. She’s like.. I know him.. better.. he won’t go.. its all waste of money..etc etc. Obviously, she was right.

It had been quite a few days, of he wanting to join the gym, but he was too lazy to get himself enrolled. It was this point that I decided I’ll go to gym wnd take him along with me and exercise and see and feel what it is like to do all that.. why are people so crazy about it.. and what is this special mental peace and positivity that people get after working out!!

Both of us started going to the gym. Early morning 6 am..! yes.. that’s true.. it feels like victory.. going so early.. being the first person to get up in the house.. being the first one to park your car and knowing you’re the first person to enter this exercise chamber! Having all the equipments by yourself and having the freedom of choosing whichever you want to do (it gets super crowded after like half an hour.. that’s why theres this happiness attached to choose the machine :D :P). And obviously, it was a shock for all of his friends knowing that he is going to the GYM first of all.. then..REGULARLY..!! that too at 6 AM in the MORNING!!! That was kinda big deal for him.. m glad he made it.

My first day at gym was.. uumm.. how should I put it.. nervous I guess. Yes.. that’s true.. I did not know any of the stuff or info about gym.. its machines.. exercises.. timing.. breaks.. duration.. nothing at all. I was a complete naïve to it. As my exercise card was not ready, so I did cardio on the first day.

Trainer - Do treadmill for 15 min.. cross trainer for 15 min.. stepper for 15 min and cycling for 10min.

Me – what on earth is he talking about? And what are these machines? Yeah.. treadmill sounds familiar. Can you please tell me how to start?

Trainer- Yeah sure. Stand on it. Lay your upper body a little forward and put your hands on the handle. Don’t go back and maintain the grip and be firm.

Me- Cool!

Doing treadmill and all the rest of the workout was good fun. It felt different. It was like, oh my God..!! M finally exercising.. I did it for like almost an hour.. awesome man..!!

It was funny initially to ask about how to use the machines initially.. but what else could I have done.. I had no clue about any of them. The strength session was funny. First thing, I didn’t know anything about that as well.. so I made it very clear to the trainer that its my first time at the gym and I have no idea about any of the stuff that people do here, so you have to gimme a demo at every machine.. :P.. LOL.. Second, I lifted the lightest of all the weights and got to hear this from the trainer, “Mummy kuch khaane ko ni deti kya..?! Dhooodh ni peeti ho kya?! Bachpan mein kuch khilaya pilaya ni kya gharwalon ne?! and stuff like that..! God..!! it was hilarious.. but I wasn’t embarrassed.. I was like.. fine.. m not able to lift it now, coz m new to all of it.. but I will.. real soon..!

And how can forget to tell you, how obsessed I got with my weight initially. I use to weigh myself every single day. After starting all the workout, I started gaining weight.. made me wonder.. what non sense..!!! when I was eating all kachra, then my weight was stable.. and now when m eating all healthy.. working out as well and I am putting on.. what is wrong with this equation..?!

But thankfully, its stable again. I guess, it was the first time something like this was happening with my body, that’s why it was going a lil weird.

It always brings a smile on my face when I think of the initial days I spent at the gym. Its good though to work out. And yessss.. it does make you feel positive and less stressed out.. and you get to see all the categories of people.. few reducing weight.. few reducing inches.. few body building.. and people try so hard to stay in shape.. which is good.. and seeing them, you get motivation for yourself and all charged up for the next morning.

Saturday, 19 July 2014

Meeting genres of people is something
I really love. It’s always good to explore and get explored :P. (There are so
many stuff that we don’t know about ourselves only and get to know when others
tell us about them :P). You get to learn
about others, get familiar with stuff which, was once alien to you, their experiences,
their life, their dirty lil secrets :P, their learning’s, etc etc. And it’s fun
too. And who knows that a person who seem such so foreign might become so dear
to you or may be your best friend!

Well, I love to meet new people.
Being an extrovert, I've never had problems in making friends. Rather, it’s the
best thing that I have in my life. Friendship is one relation on earth, I feel,
God has blessed me with. Well.. Touch-wood for that! Knowing so many people around and
seeing how they are like, what’s their psychology is and how it works, makes it
interesting and numb too at times.

There’s this quote that I follow:

“There’s time for everything. Until
and unless you want to give it to anything or everything”

-Geetika

Lol.. yah.. that’s my quote…
tried and tested.. it works 100%!

Humans and their feelings act
weird (most of the times)! Sometimes when we meet people, we never imagine in
our wildest of dreams that we’ll be friends with each other.. Reality turns
out, we tend to be the bestest of
friends. On the other hand, folks with whom you spend years of friendship and
believe that its gonna be the same for lifetime makes you realize.. No Bitch.. Good Morning.. Come out from
your dreams! They are the ones who fail to be there.. to make time for
you!!

Well, that’s how life works!

I know I’ve been a lil slow on my
blog lately. Was real occupied exploring other stuff and lots and lots of
reading. Came across some super awesome blogs. There are the kinds which make
you lose your mind and thoughts.. then are the kinds which are ready to teach
you the ABCD of fashion, food, cooking, lifestyle.. and what not.. you just
have to name it! There are blogs which are totally against hypocrisy, narrow
mindedness, double standards and stuff like that.. while the sad part is they
themselves are part of it. Recently, I came across a blog which was very nice..
she writes extremely inspiring stuff.. her blog makes you feel.. Thank
God..there are people who think like you.
But what I don’t get is, if you so are much against it and hate it to that
extent then why you yourself become a part of it?! and why do you have to
boast about your writing every time?? Your writing is good that’s why people
come to your blog and follow you (obviously)! They praise you.. leave comments.. isn’t that enough for you to
understand about your writing? And then you deliberately leave your email ids,
just to flaunt that you’re approachable and people can write anything to and
you reply to all your mails.. but in reality you don’t.. It’s just a façade that
you create. Sometimes I feel.. what is the point of creating all of it. But
then.. in the end, who cares?!

It’s all a mixed bag.. good and bad. It’s always important to
surround yourself with optimistic people. They always give positive vibes and
help you realize the importance of half
glass full. And when you actually start practicing positivity, you’ll
automatically see half of your problems vanishing away.. ALREADY!

Well, weather is really nice
these and days are lazy. Well, the best part is rains.. coffee and my bunch of
friends (Pheww..!! Glad, I have them :D)!